George Washington vs. UCI vs. Pepperdine Forum

SupremeLaw · Post by **SupremeLaw** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:54 pm

GW offered me $30K total.
UCI offered me $75K total.
Pepperdine offered me $120K total.
Loyola (LA) offered me $129K total.

I will be financing my education through scholarships and loans. I want to ultimately practice in CA, and would be able to live from home if I go to UCI. (I have ties to LA and orange county)
I would like to pursue Big Law if possible.
I have taken the LSAT 3 times already, and am not in a position to retake.

What is my best option?

rpupkin · Post by **rpupkin** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:56 pm

In order to receive the best feedback in this forum, please provide as much of the following information in your original post as possible:

-The schools you are considering
-The total Cost of Attendance (COA) of each. COA = cost of tuition + fees + books + cost of living (COL) + accumulated interest - scholarships. Here is a helpful calculator.
-How you will be financing your COA, i.e. loans, family, or savings
-Where you are from and where you want to work, and other places where you have significant ties (if any)
-Your general career goals
-Your LSAT/GPA numbers
-How many times you have taken the LSAT

twenty · Post by **twenty** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:54 pm

I would like to pursue Big Law if possible.

If you want biglaw, the very lowest you should be looking is Cornell.

DaRascal · Post by **DaRascal** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:53 pm

UCI without a doubt.

BigZuck · Post by **BigZuck** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:03 pm

Yeah, I think you need to retake or readjust your goals

The Dark Shepard · Post by **The Dark Shepard** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:05 am

DaRascal wrote:UCI without a doubt.

But GW is a T20 and UCI isn't

mohdban · Post by **mohdban** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:29 am

The Dark Shepard wrote:
DaRascal wrote:UCI without a doubt.
But GW is a T20 and UCI isn't

Not anymore (not that it makes a difference if it still were).

Poptorts · Post by **Poptorts** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:16 pm

Retake or don't bank on BL.

Retake anyways to improve your options. GW could be worth if you snag a full ride, but still temper your career expectations.

idontknow1 · Post by **idontknow1** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:54 pm

OP said he took the LSAT three times and cannot retake, are you guys ignoring that or what?

BigZuck · Post by **BigZuck** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:00 pm

idontknow1 wrote:OP said he took the LSAT three times and cannot retake, are you guys ignoring that or what?

I'm not.

Based on what I know about the other posters I don't think they are either.

tls24 · Post by **tls24** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:09 pm

BigZuck wrote:Yeah, I think you need to retake or readjust your goals

SupremeLaw · Post by **SupremeLaw** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:43 pm

Thanks for the replies everyone. If you HAD to choose between GW 30K and UC Irvine 75K (live from home) what would you guys select? Like I mentioned I have taken the LSAT 3 times, and I just simply can not retake the LSAT right now even though that would be the best option.

Is big law too big of a risk to take a chance at either? I also haven't tried negotiating with either in terms of scholarship yet for what its worth.

BigZuck · Post by **BigZuck** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:22 am

SupremeLaw wrote:Thanks for the replies everyone. If you HAD to choose between GW 30K and UC Irvine 75K (live from home) what would you guys select? Like I mentioned I have taken the LSAT 3 times, and I just simply can not retake the LSAT right now even though that would be the best option.

Is big law too big of a risk to take a chance at either? I also haven't tried negotiating with either in terms of scholarship yet for what its worth.

If I HAD to choose between those two options, I would choose to not go to law school.

All are too expensive and just don't make sense with those career goals.

Mack.Hambleton · Post by **Mack.Hambleton** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:24 am

SupremeLaw wrote:Thanks for the replies everyone. If you HAD to choose between GW 30K and UC Irvine 75K (live from home) what would you guys select? Like I mentioned I have taken the LSAT 3 times, and I just simply can not retake the LSAT right now even though that would be the best option.

Is big law too big of a risk to take a chance at either? I also haven't tried negotiating with either in terms of scholarship yet for what its worth.

you don't have to choose. And it would be incredibly stupid to choose any of these

Clearly · Post by **Clearly** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:26 am

idontknow1 wrote:OP said he took the LSAT three times and cannot retake, are you guys ignoring that or what?

Considering he still hasn't told us his numbers, I'm running on the assumption that he hasn't taken it three times and is trying to avoid retaking, or he's an insane reverse splitter and knows that wait and retake is gonna be the advice.

PeanutsNJam · Post by **PeanutsNJam** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:54 am

If he's a reverse splitter then his LSAT is definitely < 160.

jbagelboy · Post by **jbagelboy** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:44 pm

Cop another swing at that LSAT homeboy.

Julien_Benda · Post by **Julien_Benda** » Thu Mar 26, 2015 12:52 pm

Maybe go to GW and try to become brianiac's campaign manager. A rising tide floats all boats, after all.

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